oplaationanddamnation, T9 ;A The XtY'I, errartr. SYOr;l;,er done isagracedoe(excondigno) eondigneÿ erite eternalllife. .. . . < The Confutation. I. Etert allxife isthe freegiftofGod. loom; 6. 1 .76etra re'r offnne it death, brit the (rift ofCodiseternal( life through Chris Iefirs. Therefore it is not ob- tainedby themeriteofworkes. 11. Themerite ofcor dign itie,is ariv lion be- longing,to fuch anature as is both God and man,not to a bare creature. For the Angelsthemfeluescannot mrierite any thing at Gods hands : yeaand Adam alfo,ifhehad floode;inhis firír innocencie could háue: de'fert!ed-uothingof God, becaufeitis'the boundendutieof the creature toperfonrnle óbediencc vntó his Creator:The merit' therefore of,éoridignifie:, dothon:elie,ágree,vnt© ChriftGodand man,in W home . eachnattiredoth,tothet.tlewitgöf ; thisme- rite, performe that whichbelongeth toit; . For thehumanitic it doth minifier matter vino the meritorious worke,by fuffering and performing obedience.: butthe DeitieofChrif};whewhtothehumanitie is hypo iaticalliç ynited,doth corferre full and fufficient worthineflêveto the weirke.Hence is it that theFa- therdothfpeake tha§of Sonne,Matth . 1.7.7 hás,isrte' hëler ed Jane,in 'whomI mweltpleafed(i.di6z.e..) III... `In the feto;rdetór uncletr,entGod lothpromife eternal( life to the keepersofhis.Gommandemen tes ;_yethe faith notthat they íhaiobtaine it bydefert,but that heri'tll iezvmereietothoufrnds ofthemthat loneloim a, dke,ephis.cornmandavents l , That aworkemay be meritorious, firlt there inufl:beanequallproportionbezwixtit,and legalliu- f ee , or eternal(life : fecondly , meritedothprd'upprrfethis' alfo,that in God there múa..beea due debt towardesináh for God thenónght ondutic,not by fauour,tei accept of theperfon ofman. ButallOur workes, yeaour moll hohe works,they cannot comeneerevntò legal righteoufires.:For,feeing all the re- generateare partlycarnall,and partly fpiritualJ,all their workes in like fort are imperfe&liegood. ForTooke what the caufes are,and fuch muíc the of c es needes bee. So then, goodworkes doe prefuppofeadue debt inman, none in God. V. Theancient Fathers doe not acknowledge this inerite ofcondigni. tieas currant. Augull.inhis atanuel;chap: 2 2. Ai) write isgodsmercy. Ber- nard, fer. 6.vpon the Cant. 1: :sfkfflcicnt to kpor this,that merits' arenotferff- piet t, And ferm. 61. Cant.AIansimflice it. Godrgoodne . Andepif},i 9o.T'hat thefpstirfafIiongonemaybeimputed toall,asthef snrofar'lwerebornby one. And as forancient do&ors,merit c asndthingcis to th-but agoodwork accepta- ble toGod An .epif} 105:to Sixtus. 114graçe,then i-rit not heftowedbj re27. fonofanymrit,4ittvpo»freemery. ghat merits ()This he that is f t sit libertybrag o f,,rho like k hadhismeritríhuldhams? teenco,ids.rned?So theword meritcloth figni e to do the to beaccepta6le,topleafe,a,s theoldi .terprelerhuh for
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